stalking-horse

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noun

1. a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
• Hypernyms:
campaigner, candidate, nominee
2. something serving to conceal plans;
a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
• Syn:
pretext
• Hypernyms:
pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling
• Hyponyms:
putoff
3. screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
• Hypernyms:
screen, cover, covert, concealment
4. a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
• Hypernyms:
horse, Equus caballus